Top quality birds in a fun and relaxed environment
Steep chalk downs and broadleaf woodland give a variety of drives in beautiful valleys, with spectacular sea views and a brisk breeze to put the birds up!
About
Rowborough and Cheverton Shoot
Superb Quality Shoot
Set in the steep valleys of the Isle of Wight Downs, Rowborough & Cheverton Shoot offers partridges over dry chalk grass valleys in September and October, followed by mixed pheasant and partridge over mixed broadleaf woodland from November.
Guests are welcomed to Rowborough in our warm and cosy shoot room for coffee, drawing pegs and a briefing before loading into our new, spacious and heated custom-built gun bus. We go straight into the deep end with high birds from the first drive. After two to three drives elevenses is provided with hot sausages and either Pimms on warm days or a “hot toddy” as well as sloe gin etc. After elevenses we then have one or two drives, which may include the renowned “Quarry Drive” before lunch.
Lunch is served back in the shoot room for guns and non-shooting guests. There are canapés before lunch with wines, followed by pudding, cheese and of course port. One or two drives follow lunch and then return for tea. Alternatively you may choose to shoot through and take lunch at the end of the day.
"Family Shoot" Feel
Our Head Game Keeper, Adam Royal, provides the best possible game for our guns with the highest quality birds. With the assistance of steep down land he strives to provide the best shooting on the Isle of Wight.
The shoot prides itself on showing top quality birds, in a fun and relaxed environment. While the beaters and pickers have lunch separately there is plenty of cross over and we feel that this adds to the “family shoot” feel to Rowborough. Although we are predominantly a high bird shoot beginners can also be catered for and are most welcome. Loaders can be provided to assist.
There are some wonderful places to stay on the Isle of Wight in winter as well as summer. The George Hotel in Yarmouth is a particularly popular one with strong relationships with many of the Isle of Wight Shoots. The Royal Hotel in Ventnor is also very popular and is renowned for its excellent cuisine.
The Isle of Wight is much easier to get to than many know with regular ferryies from Lymington, Southampton and Portsmouth. Indeed central London to Portsmouth is only 70 miles and then it is a short ferry ride tand drive to the island and Rowborough.
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Set in the steep valleys of the Isle of Wight Downs, Rowborough & Cheverton Shoot offers partridges over dry chalk grass valleys in September and October, followed by mixed pheasant and partridge over mixed broadleaf woodland from November.